Folding satchel



(No Model.) R. MOPPLY.

FOLDING SATGHEL Patented Apr. 154884.-

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IENTOR NITE STATES Arnivr' OFFICE.

FOLDING SATCHEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 296,993, dated April15, 1884.

Application filed February 23, 1884. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT MOFFLY, of the city and county ofPhiladelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Folding Satchels, of which improvements thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part hereof, in which- Figure 1 represents a view inperspective of my improved satchel closed. Fig. 2 is also a view inperspective, showing a plan of the blank with the interior flaps spreadout; and Fig. 3 is a transverse section of a satchel closed, showing howthe pamphlet beneath the several flaps is held therein.

The object of my invention is to provide a satchel made from a singlepiece of leather or other similar flexible material, whereby pamphlets,sheet music, 820., may be conveniently carried with an entire absence ofbundling, rolling, and creasing, which, as is well known, has notheretoforebeen the effect produced by the ordinary folding satchel orportfolio for such purposes. For instance, take a sheet of music whichhas been rolled in one of the ordinary satchels in common use, and it isfrequently found a difficulty task to again restore the sheet to itsoriginal shape and condition, to say nothing of the wear and tear andsoiling of the paper arising from constant handling.

My invention has been specially desi ned with the view of obviatingthese objectionable features. It consists of a blank of leather orsimilar flexible material of any convenient size and form, having what Iterm a series of regulating-flaps on each side of the blank of thepeculiar shape shown in Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawings. It isimportant that these regulating interior flaps should be of the shapeshown, in view of the flexible nature of the material of which the blankis made, and more particularly to obviate any tendency that may existwhen the satchel has been filled and closed for the sides to ride up orout. The important feature, however, of

my invention is the weighted central flap on each side of the blank at apoint which constitutes the bottom of the satchel when closed. Theseflaps extend inward a short distance and are fastened to one another inany suitable manner. They perform the functions of keeping the pamphletsheld thereunder perfectl y smooth, and, moreover, prevent any accidentalcrushing or creasing of the contents of the satchel when closed.

.In the drawings, A represents a satchel, made from a single -piece ofleather which has been cut, folded, and strapped for immediate use. Inconstructing the satchel A, a blank, B, is first out from the leather ofsubstantially the shape and form shown in Fig. 2, and theregulating-flaps O G and D D, on opposite sides to each other,respectively, are creased on the linesff, in order that they may befolded inwardly and secured to one another by the ribbon b. The centralpart of the blank, being the space between the longitudinal lines e e,constituting the bottom of the satchel when closed, is creased on theselines for the reception of the weighted flaps E and E. These centralweighted flaps are weighted in any suitable manner, and are rounded offupon their under sides, as shown at c in Fig. 2. to fit loosely in therecess d, thus formed in the bottom of the blank. The outside flap, F,of the blank is creased on the interior lines, a a, for the purposes ofallowing it, when the satchel is closed, as shown in Fig. 1, to projeotdown over the front of the satchel, and to be secured to it by straps99, or other suitable mechanism.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In a folding satchel made from a single piece of leather or similarmaterial, the combination, with the bottom and sides, of theregulatingflaps and central weighted flaps, as and for the purposesspecified.

ROBT. MOFFLY.

Witnesses:

CHAS. O. RossIN, WM. Rnonns.

